ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,116, issued on May 13, was assigned to PACESETTER INC. (Sylmar, Calif.).
"Introducer hub assembly having cross-slit seal" was invented by Scott Iverson (Circle Pines, Minn.), Daniel Goodman (Minnetonka, Minn.), Daniel Coyle (St. Louis Park, Minn.), Scott Smith (Monticello, Minn.), Tracee Eidenschink (Wayzata, Minn.) and Jennifer Heisel (Princeton, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An introducer hub assembly, such as an introducer hub assembly of a leadless cardiac pacemaker, including a hemostatic seal having a cross-slit configuration, is described. The hemostatic seal can be retained between a hub cap and an introducer hub. The ...